Inspiring Discovery

UBC Let's Talk Science strives to improve science, technology, engineering and mathematics literacy through the outreach efforts of members of the research community at the University of British Columbia. Our volunteers work with youth from elementary and secondary schools to ignite science excitement and share their knowledge with eager young minds.

Summer Camp

Summer Camp 2018: Science from a Galaxy Far Far Away

This year the LTS Summer Camp theme is "Science from a Galaxy Far Far Away" - full of real life science activities inspired by a certain popular film series set in space. The camp will be attended by 25-30 students in grades 6-7 and will cover incredible topics, included below!

Summer Camp 2017: A Week at Hogwarts - The Magic of Science

UBC LTS is excited to host our second annual summer camp! We will be learning about science topics inspired by the world of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books and the classes taught at Hogwarts. The camp is open to students who are at least 11 years of age and who will be entering grade 7 September 2017.

UBC LTS hosted for the first time ever in 2016, a summer camp where science and high-fantasy combined in Quest to Middle Earth-A Scientific Odyssey! Grade 7 students had the opportunity to immerse themselves in Tolkien’s fantasy world of Middle Earth through fun science outreach activities linking phenomena in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit with real-world science from the physics of archery to the engineering of a hobbit hole. Thanks to the volunteers and community partners who helped to make this happen, and thanks to the grade 7 students for being a part of it!

Thanks also to the following organizations for their contributions to the event: